PLC Partners With SafeLine for Safer Line of Emergency Communications

The U.K.’s Platform Lift Company (PLC) has partnered with SafeLine, a Swedish company that manufactures open protocol safety accessories for lifts, to ensure that all emergency auto-dialers currently installed within platform lifts are upgraded to digital ahead of the analog switch-off at the end of 2025. PLC is using SafeLine’s advanced 4G VoLTE products to upgrade existing auto-dialers installed in disability lifts across the U.K. and Ireland to digital. VoLTE voice calls over a 4G LTE network to provide reliable and superior sound quality. SafeLine’s fully compliant EN 81-28 auto-dialer package consists of a compact GSM module, which can be fitted within most standard platform lifts, and an emergency telephone, which has been designed to be one of the smallest on the market. An optional U.K. fully managed SIM card service is available from PLC as part of the upgrade. As part of the partnership, PLC will be providing the SafeLine 4G VoLTE auto-dialer on all new platform lifts within its range with an optional SIM card. PLC’s service and maintenance packages will now include free and discounted upgrades for this new product.